Comments on: Nothing to see here http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/ where opera is king and you, the readers, are queens Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: No Expert http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-2/#comment-110791 No Expert Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:36:43 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110791 It's got to be the Osmonds. It’s got to be the Osmonds.

]]> By: A. Poggia Turra http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110784 A. Poggia Turra Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:35:31 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110784 This sounds mild next to the 2005 Erfurt production. Actually Erfurt did two productions, which ran on alternating nights. The first was a traditional show with gingerbread and a happy ending. The second was labeled "For Adults Only" - on one under age 16 was admitted. The Act One set was a huge city dump - Hansel (a tall, thin male countertenor) and Gretel played amongst the trash, trying to find toys and clothes. They lived in a shack next to the dump - Mother turned tricks for her supply of heroin, while Father was so drunk he didn't notice what was going on around him. In Act 2, the kids were drugged with doctored sweets, and were taken into the house of the Hexe. Inside a room smeared with blood, they were suspended from the ceiling by leather restraints while the Hexe changed out of "his" business suit into a leather teddy, complete with stiletto heels and an erect leather phallus. Just as the Hexe was about to do his "thing", Hansel slipped his bonds and restrained the Hexe long enough for Gretel to grab the butcher knife and send the Hexe away. This sounds mild next to the 2005 Erfurt production. Actually Erfurt did two productions, which ran on alternating nights. The first was a traditional show with gingerbread and a happy ending. The second was labeled “For Adults Only” – on one under age 16 was admitted.

The Act One set was a huge city dump – Hansel (a tall, thin male countertenor) and Gretel played amongst the trash, trying to find toys and clothes. They lived in a shack next to the dump – Mother turned tricks for her supply of heroin, while Father was so drunk he didn’t notice what was going on around him.

In Act 2, the kids were drugged with doctored sweets, and were taken into the house of the Hexe. Inside a room smeared with blood, they were suspended from the ceiling by leather restraints while the Hexe changed out of “his” business suit into a leather teddy, complete with stiletto heels and an erect leather phallus. Just as the Hexe was about to do his “thing”, Hansel slipped his bonds and restrained the Hexe long enough for Gretel to grab the butcher knife and send the Hexe away.

]]> By: Harry http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110763 Harry Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:54:15 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110763 For a moment, not reading or realizing what it represented, I thought Wenarto was practicing Salome again . This time with kids watching, under some cheap back-drop and Judean plastic palm trees . Up on some dais at a shopping plaza, keeping someone's kids amused. If Gelb won't hire..... For a moment, not reading or realizing what it represented, I thought Wenarto was practicing Salome again . This time with kids watching, under some cheap back-drop and Judean plastic palm trees . Up on some dais at a shopping plaza, keeping someone’s kids amused. If Gelb won’t hire…..

]]> By: Dan http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110747 Dan Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:33:37 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110747 Do we go for dead men, bypassing the risk of offending the living? If so, Strom Thurmond and George Wallace are obvious choices. But if we did Thurmond, the implication would obviously be that Hansel und Gretel are his love children. I, however, would like to take a stab at someone more...alive? Because invective against the political right is what I live for. So, with that in mind, the obvious choices are: Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs, and the US of A's very own Queen of the Night who just won't STFU, Dick "Buckshot" Cheney. Oh, how I hate them all. Do we go for dead men, bypassing the risk of offending the living? If so, Strom Thurmond and George Wallace are obvious choices. But if we did Thurmond, the implication would obviously be that Hansel und Gretel are his love children.

I, however, would like to take a stab at someone more…alive? Because invective against the political right is what I live for. So, with that in mind, the obvious choices are:

Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs, and the US of A’s very own Queen of the Night who just won’t STFU, Dick “Buckshot” Cheney.

Oh, how I hate them all.

]]> By: Alto http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-2/#comment-110736 Alto Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:48:40 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110736 Usually first families of course, like royalty, are not the "first in line," but come in after everyone else is seated. Usually first families of course, like royalty, are not the “first in line,” but come in after everyone else is seated.

]]> By: Harry http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110710 Harry Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:59:39 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110710 The most unsettling video of Hansel & Gretel I have ever seen: was an E.N.O version, years ago. Where it hints/ suggest their Mother is not only the Witch in disguise, but a somewhat unhinged psycho who likes playing with knives. Also there was the scene as the night descends set around a village common, where over in a park, strange men lurk, unnoticed by the other people But the 'heart stopper' was the return of the other 'freed' children...as walking dead 'zombies'. Most likely, this was hinting at those famous gut wrenching child murders on the Yorkshire Moors. This production was not for kiddies'. The most unsettling video of Hansel & Gretel I have ever seen: was an E.N.O version, years ago. Where it hints/ suggest their Mother is not only the Witch in disguise, but a somewhat unhinged psycho who likes playing with knives. Also there was the scene as the night descends set around a village common, where over in a park, strange men lurk, unnoticed by the other people But the ‘heart stopper’ was the return of the other ‘freed’ children…as walking dead ‘zombies’. Most likely, this was hinting at those famous gut wrenching child murders on the Yorkshire Moors. This production was not for kiddies’.

]]> By: WeillFan http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110706 WeillFan Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:53:56 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110706 ooh! ooh! ooh! (hand raised) How about an African-American REGIE "Hansel and Gretel" reset in Post-Hurricane Katrina Louisiana? The family could be living in a FEMA trailer. When the kids get lost in the bayou, the pantomime angels could be spirits of African slaves watching over Hansel and Gretel (and keeping the alligators from eating them). Then the Witch could be a practitioner of Voodoo (the easy answer). Or to go in a more politically motivated direction, fashion the Witch as an Antebellum matron living in a Plantation manor. When she starts casting her spell, the Witch then reveals herself to be a certain high-profile right-wing Republican (I'll let you come up with names), possibly in KKK robes. ooh! ooh! ooh! (hand raised)
How about an African-American REGIE “Hansel and Gretel” reset in Post-Hurricane Katrina Louisiana?
The family could be living in a FEMA trailer. When the kids get lost in the bayou, the pantomime angels could be spirits of African slaves watching over Hansel and Gretel (and keeping the alligators from eating them).
Then the Witch could be a practitioner of Voodoo (the easy answer).
Or to go in a more politically motivated direction, fashion the Witch as an Antebellum matron living in a Plantation manor. When she starts casting her spell, the Witch then reveals herself to be a certain high-profile right-wing Republican (I’ll let you come up with names), possibly in KKK robes.

]]> By: La Cieca http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110705 La Cieca Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:19:51 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110705 La Cieca should make it clear that "Nothing to see here" merely means that the posting that follows is a blind item. La Cieca should make it clear that “Nothing to see here” merely means that the posting that follows is a blind item.

]]> By: louannd http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110704 louannd Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:30:12 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110704 I guess not I guess not

]]> By: maddalenadicoigny http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110688 maddalenadicoigny Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:37:53 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110688 operamano50 They may not dislike it necessarily but I do not think that this is the best choice for their ages! It could scar them. operamano50
They may not dislike it necessarily but I do not think that this is the best choice for their ages!
It could scar them.

]]> By: squirrel http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110684 squirrel Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:30:14 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110684 you can't be serious you can’t be serious

]]> By: louannd http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110683 louannd Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:29:00 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110683 Wait...I have a clue..."first" and surely you don't mean black - "nothing to see here?" Wait…I have a clue…”first” and surely you don’t mean black – “nothing to see here?”

]]> By: louannd http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110682 louannd Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:25:05 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110682 Whatever family it is (I don't have a clue) will they enjoy the Hitler-mustache reference, or have they taken that out? I totally did not get that Hansel is Hitler is a Hero thing. Blech! Whatever family it is (I don’t have a clue) will they enjoy the Hitler-mustache reference, or have they taken that out? I totally did not get that Hansel is Hitler is a Hero thing. Blech!

]]> By: louannd http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110681 louannd Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:23:16 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110681 Very entertaining...enjoyed the lambert style manicure and the despina-as-a-lawyer outfit. Very entertaining…enjoyed the lambert style manicure and the despina-as-a-lawyer outfit.

]]> By: mrmyster http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110658 mrmyster Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:30:34 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110658 The little girls will probably love the production -- and they all will love the music! The little girls will probably love the
production — and they all will love the
music!

]]> By: yappy http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110655 yappy Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:16:57 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110655 Finally a <i>Hänsel and Gretel</i> I'd like to see. Even if I didn't understand a single word. Or maybe just <i>because</i> of that. :-D Finally a Hänsel and Gretel I’d like to see. Even if I didn’t understand a single word. Or maybe just because of that. :-D

]]> By: javier http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110649 javier Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:52:05 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110649 famous family? how vague. famous family? how vague.

]]> By: Baritenor http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110648 Baritenor Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:51:51 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110648 That Central Park HANSEL was the second Opera I ever saw. I barely remember it, but hey, I was ten. I remember that while most of the opera was sung in English, the Parents, portrayed as Immigrants, sang in German when alone together in Act one. It worked, I recall, very well. That Central Park HANSEL was the second Opera I ever saw. I barely remember it, but hey, I was ten. I remember that while most of the opera was sung in English, the Parents, portrayed as Immigrants, sang in German when alone together in Act one. It worked, I recall, very well.

]]> By: RRnest Thesiger http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110644 RRnest Thesiger Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:31:02 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110644 I dunno. I thought it was kinda sweet compared to what the First Kids will have to endure if they attend the Met's H&G. I dunno. I thought it was kinda sweet compared to what the First Kids will have to endure if they attend the Met’s H&G.

]]> By: quoth the maven http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110639 quoth the maven Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:03:09 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110639 The Patersons? ("nothing to see") I don't get the "first in line" bit, though. The Patersons? (“nothing to see”) I don’t get the “first in line” bit, though.

]]> By: Signor Bruschino http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110632 Signor Bruschino Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:32:38 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110632 That is the most terrifying Wenarto video ever That is the most terrifying Wenarto video ever

]]> By: Lindoro Almaviva http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110627 Lindoro Almaviva Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:09:39 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110627 First of all, who knows whether they'd like it or not. That been said, I didn't think the production was a disgrace, just not that interesting. I saw it when it came to Chicago on its initial run in the USA and I thought it was OK. The idea behind the production is quite interesting, the execution not that much. I thought act 1 and 3 were cool, act 2 bored me to death. I wish the Hansel and gretel set in Central Park was taped. That premise sounds so interesting to me. First of all, who knows whether they’d like it or not.

That been said, I didn’t think the production was a disgrace, just not that interesting. I saw it when it came to Chicago on its initial run in the USA and I thought it was OK.

The idea behind the production is quite interesting, the execution not that much. I thought act 1 and 3 were cool, act 2 bored me to death.

I wish the Hansel and gretel set in Central Park was taped. That premise sounds so interesting to me.

]]> By: squirrel http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110624 squirrel Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:01:14 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110624 quick, call child protective services Wenarto is at his exercise!! quick, call child protective services

Wenarto is at his exercise!!

]]> By: wenarto http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110623 wenarto Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:56:43 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110623 i WILL PUT TERIYAKI SAUCE AND EAT THEM httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoBCBBZ6Z0c i WILL PUT TERIYAKI SAUCE AND EAT THEM

]]> By: whatever http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110618 whatever Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:07:54 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110618 does Biden have grandkids of the "right" age for this production? does Biden have grandkids of the “right” age for this production?

]]> By: Chanterelle http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110615 Chanterelle Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:30:14 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110615 Huh -- so last night's security goons were only advance scouts? Huh — so last night’s security goons were only advance scouts?

]]> By: squirrel http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110614 squirrel Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:25:37 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110614 "first in line" -- the bidens?? “first in line” –

the bidens??

]]> By: operaman50 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/comment-page-1/#comment-110611 operaman50 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:11:47 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/12/15/nothing-to-see-here/#comment-110611 Hope it's not our nation's FIRST family. They'll hate the production! Hope it’s not our nation’s FIRST family. They’ll hate the production!

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